Renewable Energy
Ensus closure makes UK a wheat exporter
The loss of further UK wheat processing capacity means the UK has changed from a net wheat importer to an exporter in a matter of weeks. Crop Energies, a division of the German sugar processor Sudzucker, has announced its Ensus bioethanol plant at Wilton on Teesside...
read moreIPPC calls for farming change to reduce emissions
Agriculture can play a major part in measures to reduce global warming, advises a new international report. But the NFU says the majority of UK farmers are already taking measures to reduce their emissions. The report examines the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C...
read moreLatest forage and biogas maize list from BSPB
The 2019 British Society of Plant Breeder’s (BSPB) 2019 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists (DL) contain seven new first-choice varieties, along with one new second-choice variety. The 2019 Lists aim to give farmers and heir agronomists a range of varieties to choose from,...
read moreProcurement role for Amur
Amur, the specialist anaerobic digestion (AD) business within AB Agri, has appointed Jason Ward as head of procurement. He will be responsible for expanding the company’s relationships with waste management firms and food waste producers. Mr Ward, who has worked in...
read moreAmur launches rapid AD plant test
Anaerobic Digestion (AD) operator and services provider Amur, an AB Agri company, has introduced what it claims is the AD industry’s first rapid inhibition test. The new test, which runs alongside Amur’s Bullet BMP test, gives results in 24 hours, compared to the 30...
read moreMPs call for E10 biofuel
A number of MPs from the cross party Environment Select Committee of the House of Commons are calling for the government to introduce a 10% biofuel blend (E10)for UK road fuels by the end of the year. Vivergo Fuels owner British Sugar has warned that the future of the...
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